I was asked by a client to set up an online form to send an email to multiple recipients.
The sender selects the recipient from a dropdown list and the form results is sent only
to that recipient and not to anyone else on the list. I thought this was going to be
challenging in Joomla.
Easy Contact solves this problem quite easily! It uses the contacts in the
Contacts Components and automatically creates a dropdown list. Nice and simple.
However, it's a component so that means I can't use it again for a totally different group
of recipients on the same website, and that is exactly what my client wanted.
A little checking on the search engines lead me to two websites:
http://joomlabamboo.com/tutorials/tutorials-and-resources/dagon-design-form-mailer/ http://www.vedeme.cz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=123 And all I could say to myself was, "There's GOTTA be an easier way!"
And yes there is! Chronoforms to the rescue!
First of all, create a form using an HTML program (I prefer Dreamweaver).
Secondly, get the component here:
http://www.chronoengine.com/ Follow the two parts setup:
First setup is with Form HTML (in the Form Code tab):
